MARK Twain once suggested that reports of his death had been somewhat exaggerated. I can confidently confirm that Steve Bruce is still alive, kicking and in charge of Blues.
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STEVE Bruce's finest hour came against Norwich City. And now probably so has his worst. Blues, victors over the Canaries in the 2002 play-off final, are back to where they started from, when Bruce took change.
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THE irony won't be lost on Steve Bruce, even as he wrestles with the current Blues dilemma, that it was five years ago yesterday that Trevor Francis was sacked.
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EVEN before Elvis had left the building, it wasn't hard to see where Blues had gone wrong. It was a familiar refrain of fluffed chances, a lack of care and attention at key moments and the desertion of Lady Luck.
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CONSIDERING the unrest, angst and controversy that swirled around St Andrew's you would have thought Blues were in Sunderland's position, not sitting top of the Championship.
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IF, during four years in the Premiership, anybody at Blues had forgotten what an awkward, cussed, unpredictable division the Championship is, they were served a forceful reminder right away.
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BLUES were given a sobering reminder of what they have left behind, and what they have to aspire to all over again, as the feelgood factor generated by a smashing start to their pre-season programme was unceremoniously ruined.
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THE goals continued to flow for Blues as they began their Spanish tour with an easy victory. The scoreline could have been much greater but for the woodwork, poor finishing and the excellent agility of 16-year-old goalkeeper Fecha de Nacimiento.
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